I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 96

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【Chapter 96】

 

‘She ran away? What does that mean?’

 

After being momentarily surprised, I belatedly realized.

 

‘The guide’s expression wasn’t good when he greeted me earlier. Could it be because Bibi disappeared?’

 

If that was the case, then Bibi’s claim that she ran away for the guide’s sake wasn’t right.

 

Given that guy’s personality, he would be crying his eyes out right now, saying he lost Bibi.

 

“Grandma! What are you saying! What if the guide cries and makes a fuss because you disappeared?”

 

At my words, Bibi shook her head back and forth.

 

“That’s how kids are. They’ll only be sad for a few days, and after a little time passes, they’ll completely forget about this old lady and live happily. You and other people will treat him much better than now too.”

 

Oh my.

 

My mouth fell open in shock at her resolute attitude.

 

“Grandma.”

 

“What is it.”

 

“…You really have no sense of responsibility.”

 

At my words, Bibi dropped the bread she was eating with a surprised face.

 

“What?! Wh, what did you say? What are you saying to this old lady right now!”

 

“Responsibility. You have ab-so-lutely none.”

 

If Bibi truly cared about the guide, she absolutely shouldn’t leave.

 

Putting myself in his shoes. If Father and I were living well together, but Father suddenly left one day saying it would be better without him.

 

How would I, left alone, go on living?

 

Just thinking about it was terrible.

 

“Grandma, you’re practically abandoning the guide.”

 

After saying that, I crossed my arms and turned my head away with a “hmph.”

 

“What?! What do you know to say that?! You have no words you can’t say to this old lady!”

 

Patter patter patter.

 

Bibi suddenly ran over and started hitting my chest with her tiny pink hands.

 

If it had been a real attack, my body would have been torn apart already, but since she had no such intention, she hid her claws and was only poking me with her jelly paw pads.

 

“Do you even know my circumstances?”

 

“Whatever your circumstances are, if you’re an adult, you shouldn’t leave a 5-year-old baby alone!”

 

“What? Do you know what kind of heart I had when I ran away, you little brat!”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Poke.

 

The soft jelly paw pad pressed against my chest one last time. Bibi, who suddenly stopped moving, had her eyes turning red.

 

Soon, transparent moisture began to seep around her black bean-like eyes.

 

“You little brat… not knowing others’ feelings…”

 

“G-Grandma. Are you crying?”

 

My flustered mouth formed a triangle shape.

 

Oh no. I didn’t know she would cry…

 

“Why would this old lady cry! It’s just, because you said such things, I suddenly remembered the old days… Kying!”

 

Bibi, who had been angrily shouting, gradually trailed off her words, and finally burst into tears.

 

“Grandma!”

 

“Kying!”

 

When I hurriedly spread my arms in surprise, Grandma burrowed into my embrace as if feeling hurt.

 

Kying, kying.

 

A pitiful voice that was heartbreaking just to hear echoed from within my arms.

 

I became sad too and patted Bibi’s back, and after sniffling for a while, she muttered in a choked voice.

 

“…Before meeting the guide, this old lady had family too.”

 

“Huh?”

 

At those words, I stopped stroking Bibi’s back. Then she lifted her head.

 

Fortunately, she had stopped crying. Though there was still redness around her eyes.

 

She slowly closed her eyes and began to recall the past.

 

“My daughter and son-in-law. Even granddaughters who were so precious I wouldn’t hurt them even if I put them in my eyes. But then we were suddenly attacked by orcs.”

 

No way.

 

My eyes also became misty at the anticipated continuation of the story.

 

“Then while trying to escape, you eventually…”

 

“Kying! Where is ‘escape’ in the Peri dictionary?!”

 

Huh?

 

“I didn’t raise my family like that! Even if we die! We Peris should move swiftly with our agile bodies and at least tear off those bastards’ ears before dying!”

 

The tears that had welled up and seemed about to fall disappeared. Instead, I quickly nodded and agreed.

 

“R-right.”

 

I’ll correct myself.

 

Peris weren’t the white weasels of this world. They were the honey badgers of this world!

 

But Grandma’s pink fists, which had been showing her temper, slowly lowered.

 

Bibi’s gaze as she hung her head was filled with regret.

 

“…I shouldn’t have done that.”

 

“…”

 

“When all my family died and I was left alone, I foolishly realized. I should have run away instead. To protect family, you need the courage to run away too.”

 

That was more than regret—it was guilt.

 

“So I decided to die too. The orcs had already all left, but there was a village where people lived nearby. So I was going to go there and ask them to catch me. But on the way there, I happened to run into that guy…”

 

So that’s how she met and became close with the guide.

 

My heart became tender at the heartbreaking story, and I quickly shook my head.

 

The past was the past, and now Bibi Grandmother’s family was the guide. I understood Bibi leaving while thinking of family, but I also understood the guide who would suddenly lose family.

 

Hasty advice or comfort could only cause wounds. Even knowing this fact, I couldn’t help but say these words.

 

“Still, you should listen to the guide’s perspective too.”

 

While listening to Bibi Grandmother’s story, I suddenly remembered Father and me from before.

 

Father had tried to protect me in every situation because it was dangerous, and I had tried to step forward in any matter wanting to help him.

 

And what I realized then was that in such times, conversation was the answer.

 

I raised my index finger.

 

“In the first place, the guide isn’t imprisoned in the ducal palace but employed. If he stays here, he can earn money, sleep in a good place, and eat delicious food.”

 

“Kying! Even so, they’ll monitor him again if I go! And keeping that kid so far from his family like this. Don’t you think that child will be sad?”

 

“If he wants, we can let him go see the butcher shop uncle every day. And if you put it that way, Grandma is also the guide’s family.”

 

“…”

 

“Why don’t you think about how that child will be sad, Grandma?”

 

Flinch.

 

At my words, Bibi’s body stiffened. The fact that Bibi was this flustered surely meant she also thought of the guide as family.

 

‘As I thought, the two of them should live together.’

 

Then what should I do.

 

The people of the ducal palace wouldn’t separate the two, and there was also the method of explaining that they don’t think of Bibi’s existence as threatening.

 

But it didn’t seem like she would easily believe it. And there was still plenty of possibility of being rejected by people who weren’t yet used to monsters.

 

After pondering, I carefully continued speaking.

 

“First, I think it would be good if you had a conversation with the guide.”

 

Most importantly, if she had already decided to distance herself from the guide, that mind needed to be changed.

 

That was something only the guide could do.

 

“…How can I have a conversation with that guy?”

 

“I’m here! I’ll interpret for you.”

 

“…Kying!”

 

Bibi Grandmother still seemed displeased, but she didn’t refuse. And.

 

Squirm squirm.

 

While saying “kying” and acting distant, she must have been cold because she kept pushing her white bottom toward my embrace.

 

‘Hehe. She likes it though.’

 

I smiled and hugged Bibi.

 

But right at that moment.

 

Thud!

 

Suddenly, a massive vibration shook the ice cave so violently that both Bibi Grandmother and I widened our eyes in surprise.

 

“Father?”

 

Had Father already arrived? But Callipus wouldn’t come making such a commotion.

 

Thud, thud!

 

The vibrations didn’t stop and began getting closer and closer. It was a heavy approach, as if a dinosaur was walking toward us.

 

Bibi Grandmother, who had been snugly held in my arms, suddenly sprang out. Then she stood in front of me, taking an attack stance by standing on her hind legs and raising her nimble pink paws defensively.

 

“Little one. When this grandma counts to three, you run away. You must flee without looking back.”

 

“What about Bibi Grandmother?!”

 

“Don’t worry about this grandma! Just think about your own path ahead!”

 

I looked at her with equal seriousness as she shouted with determination.

 

But the only people who would come to this ice cave would be Father, Lucas, or Kail, right?

 

That’s when it happened.

 

With a loud crash, the door to the room we were in opened, and at the same time, Bibi let out a sharp “Kiiik!” and jumped with her claws extended.

 

“Bi, Bibi!”

 

“Huh?”

 

Suddenly, the Guide’s voice could be heard.

 

Bibi, already airborne, flew toward the face of whoever had opened the door and entered, but fortunately she had retracted her claws by then.

 

And the Guide, recognizing Bibi, immediately caught her body in his hands.

 

“Quack. This grandma is dead!”

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